AWS Lambda vs OpenVM

Compare OpenVM and AWS Lambda. Find out differences and discover why OpenVM is the best option for managed open source softwares

OpenVM

Managed OSS

Cost

Affordable

Cheap at low scale, expensive at high scale

Automated OSS deployment

We deploy and configure everything

Hard to deploy to Lambda

App Updates

Upgrade safely with a rollback option

Hard to maintain hundreds of microservices

OS Updates

We manage OS patches & maintenance

Completely managed by AWS

App backups

Included for free

N/A

VM snapshots

7 Daily snapshots automated

N/A

HTTPS/SSL

Free and Automated HTTPS

Free and Automated HTTPS

Performance

24/7 available dedicated resources

No sleep

No startup delay

Shared resources

Automatic sleep after 20 minutes

Startup delay

Global Coverage

3 regions (more to come)

22 regions

User friendly UI

Simple but Powerful UI

Complicated UI with focus on CLI

Managed Databases

9 DB engines supported

Same price than our regular ressources

N/A

N/A

Simple pricing

Simple resources pricing

Single bandwidth price

Complicated resources pricing

Different pricing per region

Support

Knowledge base

Free email support

Paid support over phone & screensharing is also available

Knowledge base

Paid email support

Paid support over phone is also available